Community-wide survey of physicians' knowledge of cholesterol management / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
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(24): 884-889, 2010.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>An elevated serum lipid is one of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). Physicians' awareness contributes to successful adoption of practice guidelines. Community medical centers are the primary defense against chronic disease. This study aimed to investigate community physicians' awareness of cholesterol guidelines and their utilization.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Six hundred and one community physicians were randomly selected from four different regions, and completed a confidential and semi-structured questionnaire. Four hundred and ninety-one completed the questionnaire, and 486 valid questionnaires were available.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The physicians' fundamental knowledge of lipids was astonishingly poor, while the awareness of cholesterol guidelines was low. Only 24% and 14% of the physicians reported the right optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level for CHD and diabetes patients respectively. More than half of the physicians (55.8%) mistakenly considered elevated transaminases to be the lethal side effect of statins. More than half of the physicians (51.9%) would give up statin treatment in the case of transaminase elevation.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Educational interventions to improve cholesterol knowledge and to publicize standard treatment are needed among Chinese community physicians.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Modelos Logísticos
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China
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Colesterol
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Coleta de Dados
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Fatores de Risco
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Competência Clínica
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Doença das Coronárias
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LDL-Colesterol
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Chinese Medical Journal
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
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